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I think LoneHill has gone the way of the dodo. Second-hand is the only route theses days, I think!

More recently, there was also the wonderful Impulse 2-on-1 series. https://www.discogs.com/label/292976-Impulse!-2-On-1?srsltid=AfmBOopfD-q2nbzgGozA99_hfDaOm4YTbukXgT7w_tnIbkeHYG9K-38G

Now spinning on my turntable: Mickey Newbury - Live at Montezuma Hall / Looks Like Rain (Elektra, 1973)

Baden Powell - Baden Powell (Barclay, 1971)

Sounds like a good weekend!

I'm jealous that you had a chance to see the Breuker Kollektief live. If you'd like to sample Live in Berlin, you can listen to a couple cuts here: https://destination-out.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-berlin . . . FWIW, Bandcamp calls it one of Breuker's "most important albums." I'm not at all a Breuker expert. I only know a few of his recordings, and this LP is new to me. But I love the crazy mixture of different elements in his music, how it veers all over the place stylistically from madcap to tender. Another Muse LP now on my 'table:

Next up: Bruce Forman - 20/20 (Muse, 1982)

Excellent news! Thanks for sharing.

Now spinning: Willem Breuker Kollektief - Live in Berlin (BV Haast/FMP, 1976) Saxophone, Clarinet, Arranged By – Willem Breuker Alto Saxophone – Bob Driessen Tenor Saxophone – Maarten van Norden Flute – Ronald Snijders Horns – Jan Wolff Trombone – Bernhard Hunnekink, Willem van Manen Trumpet – Boy Raaymakers Piano – Leo Cuypers Bass – Arjen Gorter Drums – Rob Verdurmen

Excellent in every way.

Now spinning this LP:

Yes, it's Muses for Richard Davis. But I think Jim was referring to the first of the LPs pictured above; that is, Epistrophy & Now's the Time. (Not Davis' first LP.) Or at least that's how I read it.

Per an online inflation calculator, $5 in 1975 is equal in value to $29.88 today.

I hope my comments aren't interpreted as a return to that tired debate. I'm just wondering whether these newly reissued Muse LPs will sound better than the original issues. And, if so, is it a significant improvement?

It will be interesting to see whether these new LPs sound better than the originals due to the remastering & pressing processes. Muse was never known for having great-sounding LPs. Great music? Yes. No doubt. But I would describe them as serviceable AQ-wise. But nothing more than that. I'm wondering how the new ones will sound. EDIT By way of comparison, many of the Elemental Xanadu reissues sounded MUCH better than the original issues. There was a lot more music on the tape than what made it into their vinyl pressings, IMO. (However, those Xanadu reissues were in CD format rather than LP. Nevertheless, the mastering made a HUGE difference, I think.) For example, if you compare Sonny Criss' Saturday Morning on vinyl (the original issue) with the remastered CD, there's no competition. The new CD flogs the original vinyl. (BTW, I'm NOT saying that CDs flog LPs absolutely. Not at all! I'm just saying that things like the quality of the pressing and (re)mastering process can have a massive effect on AQ.)

Great find, BBS!

Oh yeah. I LOVE The Almoravid.